from Corpus Christi,Texas,USA
Noe Pruneda Salinas on headstone
Private First Class
5 Company 1 Regiment
born 8.3.1924 Laredo,Texas
son of Noe and Mirta (nee Pruneda) Salinas
4 Ranger Bn (Company E)
FSSF 1944
WIA May 1944 Anzio,Italy (Purple Heart)
achieved rank of Sergeant
U.S. Border Patrol agent postwar
owner/operator,Ajax Plumbing Company,San Antonio (over 50 years)
married Esther Lydia Saenz (1925-99) (1 son Noe,4 daughters Sandra,Gloria,Esther and Lisa)
died 4.8.2013 San Antonio,Texas
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery,San Antonio,Bexar County,Texas Section 25 Site 2186
